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The Air Force simply can't do without the F-35 strike fighter, and buying new fourth generation fighters to maintain inventories is a bad solution to F-35 delays, said Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike Hostage during an address sponsored by AFA's D.W. Steele Chapter in Arlington, Va., April 26, 2012. Here, a KC-10 tanker refuels AF-4, an F-35A test aircraft, over Edwards AFB, Calif., April 21, 2012. This pairing marked the first time that an F-35 took on fuel in flight while configured with external weapons.